Vexillarium is a Latin based word meaning Flag Room. It might also be translated into the naval term, Flag Locker. With the opening of Vexillarium, I welcome you into my Flag Locker.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

South Carolina flag returns home after 150 years

A flag waived by South Carolina soldiers in the Mexican War has returned home more than 150 years after it flew alongside the Palmetto Regiment.

The flag apparently was stolen from the capitol in Columbia when it fell to Sherman's army in 1865. In 1889 it was given to the State of New York, where is it been until its recent return to South Carolina.